(19)
(11) EP 2 179 806 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.06.2010 Bulletin 2010/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.04.2010 Bulletin 2010/17

(21) Application number: 10152610.1

(22) Date of filing: 30.09.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B21F 15/06(2006.01)
B65B 13/28(2006.01)
 E04G 21/12(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 28.09.2001 JP 2001303445
28.06.2002 JP 2002189420
25.07.2002 JP 2002216907

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
02800288.9 / 1439015

(71) Applicant: MAX Kabushiki Kaisha
Nihonbashi Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nakagawa, Yasushi
    Tokyo Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)
  • Ishikawa, Noboru
    Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)
  • Kusakari, Ichiro
    Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)
  • Nagaoka, Takahiro
    Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)
  • Ishii, Shuichi
    Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)
  • Matsuoka, Atsushi
    Tokyo Tokyo 103-8502 (JP)

(74) Representative: Vogeser, Werner 
Hansmann & Vogeser Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65
81369 München
81369 München (DE)

   


(54) Reinforcing binding machine, reel and method of detecting rotation of reel


(57) A reinforcement binding machine capable of detecting, by the rotation of a reel, that wire on the reel is consumed and the reel, the reinforcement binding machine wherein an interrupter (45) is installed in the cassette case (40) of a binding machine body (21), a cover (46) is rotatably held on a reel mounting shaft (43), an opening part (47) is formed in the cover (46), a projection (53) is formed on the reel (41) and fitted into the opening part (47), and a colour with a lightness different from that of the cover (46) is applied to the projection (53) to detect the rotation of the reel (41) by the interrupter (45).







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